Following the success of Martin Bourboulon’s diptych, The Three Musketeers (6 million in theaters for 2 films), Pathé releases the trailer for another Alexandre Dumas adaptation, The Count of Monte Cristo.
The feature film is written and directed by the duo Alexandre de la Patellier and Mathieu Delaporte (already the screenwriters of The Three Musketeers) and directed by Pierre Nin.
The film, which wrapped on November 30, follows Edmond Dantes’ point of view.The first French superhero to go from the light to the shadows to become the embodiment of the masked avenger.”
Conspiracy victim Edmond Dantes, a young man, is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After fourteen years of imprisonment at Chateau d’If, he managed to escape. Vastly enriched, he returns as the Count of Monte Cristo to seek revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
It stars French actor Pierre Nin and opposite Bastien Bouillon, Anais Demostier, Laurent Lafitte, Annamaria Bartholomew, Patrick Mill and Pierfrancesco Favino.
Adventure and revenge movie
When the project was announced last April, Pierre Nini said in a press release: “Like millions of readers around the world, I was celebrated and transported by the great novel, Monte Cristo. The ambition and power of the project compel us as much as they inspire. We want to create a great adventure film. Characters, but above all… revenge.”
A film that Pierre Nin wants to introduce to the public according to him Notification from March 2 on X :”I can’t wait to show you this film that explores the beauty and darkness of the human soul…”
Pierre Nin
Written by Alexandre Dumas Père, in collaboration with Auguste Macquet, and published in episodic form between 1844 and 1846. The Count of Monte Cristo Inspired by a news story, it tells the story of Edmond Dantes’ revenge on his friends who wrongfully imprisoned him when he was about to be engaged, for plotting to pay off Napoleon Bonaparte.
The novel has been adapted more than thirty times
Even if it is less adapted than This is a musketeer, The Count of Monte Cristo There were about thirty transposition subjects on small and large screens. The most recent is the 2002 American film starring Jim Caviezel, while Jose Dian’s mini-series starring Gerard Depardieu remains one of the most famous.
Originally published on December 11, 2024, The Count of Monte Cristo Launched 6 months ago, it will finally be released in our cinemas on June 28th, before La Fête du cinéma, which will take place from June 30th to July 3rd.
Source: Allocine
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